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South African police carry out a large-scale operation in the Westbury area of Johannesburg. (File photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Westbury precarity: an urgent call for action amid rising gun deaths

Coloured community’s cries for help to end violence, poverty and unemployment continue to be ignored by the government, while the police minister sends in more guns

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Florida lawmakers approve bill allowing teachers to be armed

Supporters of the bill say armed teachers could save lives in the event of a school shooting

New Zealand has about 1.5-million privately owned firearms. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)

Tough New Zealand gun laws easily pass first hurdle

Lawmakers voted 119-1 in favour of the bill, which bans military-style semi-automatic rifles

Metro Davidson County police search the apartment complex where Waffle House shooting suspect

‘No credible sightings’ as police hunt Tennessee shooter

Police said there had been "no credible sightings" of a semi-nude gunman who fled after shooting four people dead

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki

YouTube shooting shows how fake news spirals on social media

Within minutes of the shooting at YouTube offices in California, social media was awash with conspiracy theories

According to Mr Mshayi aircraft passengers are all issued slippers

Gun economics in Trump’s America

Students in over 800 cities and towns are calling for tougher gun control laws in the United States, demanding an end to gun violence

Governments need to create favourable frameworks and implement comprehensive policies to enable and encourage technology-enhanced learning to support future growth.

Florida passes bill to restrict guns, arm some teachers

America’s long moribund gun control debate was revived by survivors of the Parkland shooting and now the minimum age to buy firearms in Florida is 21

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Trump backs improved background checks on gun buys

The president signalled his support for improving background gun checks amid mounting pressure for reform in the wake of the Florida school shooting

Pupils are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting.

At least 17 dead in Florida school shooting

Authorities warned late on Wednesday that the death toll could rise as some of the more than 14 people who were wounded were in critical condition

The victims of the Las Vegas shooting are starting to be identified on social media and stories of heroism in the face of chaos and devastation are being shared.

Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend back in US, FBI to question her

In recent developments, the girlfriend of the Las Vegas shooter is being questioned by the FBI as a ‘person of interest’

With the death of the Las Vegas shooter who killed 59 people and injured over 200 in the worst mass shooting in America

Six things to know about mass shootings in America

In the wake of the tragedy in Las Vegas, a criminologist reviews recent research to dispel common misconceptions about mass shootings.

People run from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after hearing the sound of gunshots.
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After Las Vegas massacre, Trump silent on gun control

President Trump has declared the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history as an "act of pure evil" but avoided addressing gun control

United States Senate stonewalls gun control bids in wake of shooting at Orlando LGBTI nightclub

The Orlando massacre, the worst mass shooting in modern American history, has seemingly done little to influence lawmakers to clamp down on guns.

A move stating that pro-life views and advocacy for gun control are natural moral bedfellows is not convincing all right-wingers.

It’s hard to sell gun control to Bible-bashers

Pro-life views and advocacy for gun control are natural moral bedfellows, says new film Armor of Light.

Weapons make police – and people – more aggressive

Simply seeing a weapon – whether a sword, rifle, hand grenade, dagger, tank or gun – makes people more aggressive.

Is a pistol the answer to India’s rape problem?

Named after the 23-year-old who was raped and killed in Delhi in 2012, the Nirbheek pistol has been designed for women. But it has drawn criticism.

No cure for America’s gun disease

The country stubbornly refuses to act despite multiple recent firearm-related massacres, writes Jonathan Freedland.

Students wait outside the grounds of Santa Monica College after multiple shootings were reported on the campus. (AFP)

At least four dead in US rampage

A gunman has killed at least four people in a shooting rampage in the US state of California before police shot him dead in a college library.

Print your own gun: The flip side of 3D printers

While 3D printers will enable us to create everything from keys to cars, they may also enable criminals to create their own guns and commit fraud.

What I discovered when I got a gun

As the NRA celebrates its annual meeting, Alex Hannaford has been commissioned to write a story about US gun culture. So he went out and bought a gun.